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Attorney general's consumer fraud suit against Westwood College will proceed in federal court; judge rejects requests to dismiss, remand

By Jonathan Bilyk | Monday, Sep 15, 2014 @ 10:13am

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office will be allowed to continue to press its case against a for-profit college it claims deceived students into enrolling in programs that result in virtually worthless degrees and taking on large amounts of student debt to do so.However, Madigan's office must now litigate the suit in federal, rather than state court, after a federal judge earlier this month